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'''''The Pocket Canons''''' is the name of a series of small books, designed by [[Pentagram (design studio)|Pentagram]] Partner, [[Angus Hyland]],  featuring the text of individual [[Books of the Bible]] along with introductions by various well-known authors and public figures, including the [[Dalai Lama]] and [[Bono]]. The Bible texts are drawn from the [[King James Version of the Bible]]. The series was conceived by [[Matthew Darby]], who published it in partnership with [[Canongate Books]] in the UK. The series has now (2006) been published in 12 languages and in 16 countries, selling well over a million copies.  The US publisher of the ''Pocket Canons'' is [[Grove/Atlantic Inc.]]

==''Pocket Canons'': Series 1==

{| class="wikitable"
! Book of the Bible
! Text at Wikisource
! UK Introduction Writer
! US Introduction Writer
! UK ISBN
! US ISBN
|-
|align="center"|[[Book of Genesis|Genesis]] || align="center"|[[s:Bible (King James)/Genesis|Genesis]] || align="center"|[[Steven Rose]] || align="center"|[[E. L. Doctorow]] || align="center"|{{ISBN|0-86241-789-9}} ||align="center"|{{ISBN|0-8021-3610-9}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Book of Exodus|Exodus]] || align="center"|[[s:Bible (King James)/Exodus|Exodus]] || align="center" colspan="2" |[[David Grossman]] || align="center"|{{ISBN|0-8021-3611-7}} ||align="center"|{{ISBN|0-8021-3611-7}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Book of Job|Job]] || align="center"|[[s:Bible (King James)/Job|Job]] || align="center"|[[Louis de Bernières]] || align="center"|[[Charles Frazier]] || align="center"|{{ISBN|0-86241-791-0}} ||align="center"|{{ISBN|0-8021-3612-5}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Book of Proverbs|Proverbs]] || align="center"|[[s:Bible (King James)/Proverbs|Proverbs]] || align="center" colspan="2"|[[Charles R. Johnson|Charles Johnson]] || align="center"|{{ISBN|0-86241-792-9}} ||align="center"|{{ISBN|0-8021-3613-3}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Song of Songs|Song of Solomon]] || align="center"|[[s:Bible (King James)/Song of Solomon|Song of Solomon]] || align="center" colspan="2"|[[A. S. Byatt]] || align="center"|{{ISBN|0-86241-793-7}} ||align="center"|{{ISBN|0-8021-3615-X}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Ecclesiastes]] || align="center"|[[s:Bible (King James)/Ecclesiastes|Ecclesiastes]] || align="center" colspan="2"|[[Doris Lessing]] || align="center"|{{ISBN|0-86241-794-5}} ||align="center"|{{ISBN|0-8021-3614-1}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Gospel of Matthew|Matthew]] || align="center"|[[s:Bible (King James)/Matthew|Matthew]] || align="center"|[[A. N. Wilson]] || align="center"|[[Francisco Goldman]] || align="center"|{{ISBN|0-86241-795-3}} ||align="center"|{{ISBN|0-8021-3616-8}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Gospel of Mark|Mark]] || align="center"|[[s:Bible (King James)/Mark|Mark]] || align="center"|[[Nick Cave]] || align="center"|[[Barry Hannah]] || align="center"|{{ISBN|0-86241-796-1}} ||align="center"|{{ISBN|0-8021-3617-6}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Gospel of Luke|Luke]] || align="center"|[[s:Bible (King James)/Luke|Luke]] || align="center"|[[Richard Holloway]] || align="center"|[[Thomas Cahill]] || align="center"|{{ISBN|0-86241-797-X}} ||align="center"|{{ISBN|0-8021-3616-8}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Gospel of John|John]] || align="center"|[[s:Bible (King James)/John|John]] || align="center"|[[Blake Morrison]] || align="center"|[[Darcey Steinke]] || align="center"|{{ISBN|0-86241-798-8}} ||align="center"|{{ISBN|0-8021-3619-2}}
|-
|align="center"|Corinthians<br /> ([[First Epistle to the Corinthians|1]] & [[Second Epistle to the Corinthians|2]]) || align="center"|[[s:Bible (King James)/1 Corinthians|First Corinthians]] <br /> [[s:Bible (King James)/2 Corinthians|Second Corinthians]] || align="center" colspan="2"|[[Fay Weldon]] || align="center"|{{ISBN|0-86241-799-6}} ||align="center"|{{ISBN|0-8021-3620-6}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Book of Revelation|Revelation]] || align="center"|[[s:Bible (King James)/Revelation|Revelation]] || align="center"|[[Will Self]] || align="center"|[[Kathleen Norris (poet)|Kathleen Norris]] || align="center"|{{ISBN|0-86241-800-3}}||align="center"|{{ISBN|0-8021-3621-4}}
|}

==''Pocket Canons'': Series 2==
{| class="wikitable"
! Book of the Bible
! Text at Wikisource
! Introduction Writer
! ISBN (UK only)
|-
|align="center"|[[Book of Ruth|Ruth]] & [[Book of Esther|Esther]]|| align="center"|[[s:Bible (King James)/Ruth|Ruth]] / [[s:Bible (King James)/Esther|Esther]]|| align="center"|[[Joanna Trollope]] ||align="center"|{{ISBN|0-86241-968-9}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Books of Samuel|Samuel]]<br />(1 & 2)|| align="center"|[[s:Bible (King James)/1 Samuel|1 Samuel]]<br />[[s:Bible (King James)/2 Samuel|2 Samuel]]|| align="center"|[[Meir Shalev]] ||align="center"|{{ISBN|0-86241-967-0}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Psalms]]|| align="center"|[[s:Bible (King James)/Psalms|Psalms]]|| align="center"|[[Bono]] ||align="center"|{{ISBN|0-86241-969-7}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Book of Isaiah|Isaiah]]|| align="center"|[[s:Bible (King James)/Isaiah|Isaiah]]|| align="center"|[[Peter Ackroyd]] ||align="center"|{{ISBN|0-86241-970-0}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Book of Jonah|Jonah]], [[Book of Micah|Micah]] & [[Book of Nahum|Nahum]]|| align="center"|[[s:Bible (King James)/Jonah|Jonah]] / [[s:Bible (King James)/Micah|Micah]] / [[s:Bible (King James)/Nahum|Nahum]]|| align="center"|[[Alasdair Gray]] ||align="center"|{{ISBN|0-86241-971-9}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Book of Wisdom|Wisdom]]|| align="center"|[[s:Bible (King James)/Wisdom of Solomon|Wisdom of Solomon]]|| align="center"|[[Piers Paul Read]] ||align="center"|{{ISBN|0-86241-980-8}}
|-
|align="center"|Acts of the Apostles || align="center" |[[s:Bible (King James)/Acts of the Apostles|Acts of the Apostles]]|| align="center"|[[P. D. James]] ||align="center"|{{ISBN|0-86241-973-5}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Epistle to the Romans|Romans]]|| align="center"|[[s:Bible (King James)/Romans|Romans]]|| align="center"|[[Ruth Rendell]] ||align="center"|{{ISBN|0-86241-972-7}}
|-
|align="center"|[[Epistle to the Hebrews|Hebrews]]|| align="center"|[[s:Bible (King James)/Hebrews|Hebrews]]|| align="center"|[[Karen Armstrong]] ||align="center"|{{ISBN|0-86241-974-3}}
|}


==Further reading==
*[http://www.salon.com/books/feature/1999/11/29/bible/ Second Coming] in Salon
*[https://archive.today/20130118155533/http://www.businessweek.com/archives/1998/b3605125.arc.htm The Gospel According to Stephen King?] in Businessweek

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